Alyse

Thanks. I do greatly appreciate your help. It is just very frustrating because I was once able to update it very easily. I’ll try switching the themes once the update completes. Thanks again for your help.

What should I then do after changing the theme?

Well, what would you do if you couldn’t find it anywhere? I’ve already opened every single file in that fold to no avail. Should I delete the whole thing and reinstall wordpress? …This thought is a little horrifying to me.

So, shouldn’t the content be located in the sidebar.php file?

It has been such a long time since updating this file, I can’t remember if I used or installed a widget–I don’t think I did though, and I don’t see anything that looks like an installed widget from the dashboard tabs. I do recall updating a file in notepad though, which held all the menu text/testimonials and links.

I finished a call to godaddy, who hosts my site, and they suggested updating wordpress to something more current (my last update was in 2008). So, I clicked the update link and I am awaiting an email signifying the completion of the update. ..do you think that will be helpful?

Thanks T-P, I have located sidebar.php but it is still baffling me because the content on the website (the testimonials and links) are not in the sidebar.php file. …where oh where could it be? I have also tediously opened every php file in the wp-admin folder and have been unable to locate the text.